Last night, by a vote of 231-187, Lois Lerner was held in contempt of congress for failing to cooperate with an investigation into alleged illegal targeting of conservative groups by the IRS. Democratic Cartwright voted against this measure making clear that he and House Democrats support using the IRS as a bludgeon to pursue groups based on their political beliefs.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration conducted an audit of how the IRS was operating when dealing with these conservative groups and found that they were using inappropriate criteria to target conservative groups.